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Dante's golden legend : auto-hagiography in the Divine comedy / Mary Alexandra Watt.
Van Pelt Library PQ4432.S44 W38 2021
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Watt, Mary Alexandra, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321--Criticism and interpretation.
- Dante Alighieri.
- Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321. Divina commedia.
- Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321. Vita nuova.
- Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321. Convivio.
- Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321.
- Convivio (Dante Alighieri).
- Divina commedia (Dante Alighieri).
- Vita nuova (Dante Alighieri).
- Self in literature.
- Autobiography in literature.
- Hagiography in literature.
- Literature, Medieval--History and criticism.
- Literature, Medieval.
- Criticism and interpretation.
- Genre:
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Literary criticism.
- Physical Description:
- 239 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Macon, Georgia : Mercer University Press, 2021.
- Summary:
- "Dante's Golden Legend proposes that the Divine Comedy represents not only Dante's autobiography but also his attempt to portray himself as a martyr-saint whose poem will cleanse the Holy Roman Empire and the Papacy, of the corruption that prevents Rome from fulfilling its destiny as the City of God"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Life-Writing in the Middle Ages
- ch. 2 Dante's First Life: The Vita nuova
- ch. 3 The Convivio: Dante as Redeemer
- ch. 4 A Canticle of Caritas
- ch. 5 Exile: The Long Way Home.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780881468083
- 0881468088
- OCLC:
- 1258670762
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